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bhikkhu

bhikkhu

See also: bhikkhū

English

Alternative forms

bhikku, bikkhu, bhikshu, bhiksu
bhikkhuni (feminine - a Buddhist nun)
bhikshuni (feminine - a Buddhist nun)

Noun

bhikkhu ‎(plural bhikkhus)

A Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.

Synonyms

monk

Translations

Buddhist monk

Burmese: ဘိက္ခု (my) ‎(bhikkhu.)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 比丘 (zh) ‎(bǐqiū), 和尚 (zh) ‎(héshang), 僧侶 (zh), 僧侣 (zh) ‎(sēnglǚ)
Hindi: भिक्षु (hi) ‎(bhikṣu)
Japanese: 比丘 (ja) ‎(biku)
Khmer: ឧបសម្បន្ន (km) ‎(u’pa’sɑmban), ភិក្ខុ (km) ‎(pʰikkʰo’)
Korean:
Lao:
Malay: biku

Nepali: भिक्षु ‎(bhikṣu)
Pali: bhikkhu m
Russian: бхи́кшу (ru) m ‎(bxíkšu)
Sanskrit: भिक्षु (sa) m ‎(bhikṣu)
Sinhalese: භික්‍ෂූහූ ‎(bhik‍ṣūhū)
Tamil: துறவி (ta) ‎(tuṟavi)
Thai: ภิกษุ (th), ภิกขุ, พระภิกษุ
Tibetan: དགེ་སློང ‎(dge slong)
Vietnamese:

See also

bonze

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

भिक्खु (Devanagari script)
භික්ඛු (Sinhalese script)
ဘိက္ခု (Burmese script)
ភិក្ខុ (Khmer script)
ภิกฺขุ (Thai script)

Noun

bhikkhu m

beggar (person who begs)
Buddhist monk